Bereavement after the suicide of a significant other

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 256-263

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a   Shrivastava, Amresh ^b   Serafini, Gianluca ^a   Innamorati, Marco ^a   Milelli, Mariantonietta ^a   Erbuto, Denise ^a   Ricci, Federica ^a   Lamis, Dorian A ^c   Scocco, Paolo ^d   Amore, Mario ^e   Lester, David ^f   Girardi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Psychiatry AULSS 6 Euganea   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grief; psychache; suicide; survivors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEREAVEMENT; EMOTION; FORGIVENESS; GRIEF; GUILT; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; META ANALYSIS; MOURNING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; SHAME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; STIGMA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUPPORT GROUP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84884574158     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.117145     Document Type: Article

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